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? UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT-<\/strong><\/p>\n

A tale of a water drop: <\/strong>Elif Shafak\u2019s There Are Rivers in the Sky<\/a> explores the significance of water through a tale that spans centuries. In a time when global water issues are increasingly critical, the book uses the journey of a single drop of water to reflect on the politics and preciousness of water across history.<\/p>\n

The novel begins in ancient Mesopotamia <\/strong>with a raindrop falling into the hair of the erudite king Ashurbanipal. This raindrop then transforms into a snowflake and ends up on the tongue of a Victorian urchin named Arthur Smyth. As the story progresses, the raindrop\u2019s journey continues into the 21st century, touching the life of Narin, a Yazidi girl in war-torn Iraq, and Zaleekhah Clarke, a hydrologist living on a houseboat in London. <\/p>\n

The story brings together different timelines and characters<\/strong>, which end up having more in common than initially thought \u2014 all three timelines are connected by recurring motifs like parental abandonment and the transformative power of water.<\/p>\n

What to expect? <\/strong>\u201cSome of the connections between these various threads are more rewarding than others. When the puzzle pieces fit into place, and the fates of the present-day characters collide, the final twist is both contrived and genuinely moving,\u201d the New York Times<\/a> writes in its review of the novel. <\/p>\n

You can find the book on <\/strong>Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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